Hi, Surely you don't need NFSv4 to standardize the the (empty?) set of system or magic attributes Linux should export? Besides, as you're well aware, most people who ask for xattrs are looking for an ability to associate arbitrary specific data, not a back door ioctl interface. That's clearly what the NFSv4 named attributes as standardized were intended for. I'm well aware of other uses and plans that someone would want to standardize, but it seems irrelevant to the discussion. Matt ----- "Trond Myklebust" <Trond.Myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Standardise those xattrs, and we can export them specifically as part > of the NFSv4 spec. > -- Matt Benjamin The Linux Box 206 South Fifth Ave. Suite 150 Ann Arbor, MI 48104 http://linuxbox.com tel. 734-761-4689 fax. 734-769-8938 cel. 734-216-5309 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
